After the Turkish AKP government unilaterally broke the understanding of truce with its own people, the Kurds, and started an all-out war against the Kurds, the country is faced with a civil war.

Losing votes and support in the recent elections and unable to grab the power without a coalition, AKP is forced to invent ways to seize the government, even if it means starting a war.

By restarting a bloody conflict with bombing civilian villages and the Kurdish guerillas who had laid down their arms in hope of peaceful negotiations with the government, the Turkish AKP government is trying to shift the focus away from the real terrorists, the ISIL Jihadists. The ISIL jihadist terrorists have been enjoying the AKP government’s unconditional help and support during their US backed attack against the Syrian government and the Kurdish population.

Some of the most vociferous opposition to Erdogan’s bloody war against its own citizens comes from the progressive women’s movements. This opposition recently crystallized in Izmir, the third largest metropolitan city in the country, with the announcement of the formation of Izmir Women’s Initiative For Peace. Reading the opening announcement in a public gathering, Şenay Tavuz said women insisted on the voice of peace against those who called for war, destruction and murder while ignoring the sanctity of life.

The event started with chanting, “No to war, peace right now!” and “We will not kill! We will not die! We are nobody’s warriors!”

“As women, we know very well that today the war will only bring more deaths, more misery, more tears. We will continue supporting the peace on the side of the people against the governing AKP and its gangs who have built their reign on war and on aggression against women.

Sendika.Org (Mehmet Bayram)